Semi-natural habitats are integral to most agricultural areas and have the potential to
support ecosystem services, especially biological control and pollination by supplying …

Agricultural intensification is a major threat to biodiversity. Agri-environment schemes, the
main tools to counteract negative impacts of agriculture on the environment, are having …

1. Agricultural intensification is a major cause of biodiversity loss in European farmlands.
Grasslands are particularly important habitats for the conservation of rich insect …

Carniolan honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica) are considered as an indigenous subspecies
in Hungary adapted to most of the ecological and climatic conditions in this area. However …

The area of non-cropped habitats has been decreasing in Europe largely due to land
conversion into cropland and energy crops. In Hungary, special agri-environment schemes …

Linking the functional role of plants and pollinators in pollination networks to ecosystem
functioning and resistance to perturbations can represent a valuable knowledge to …

Bees are the most important group of flower visitors providing an essential ecosystem
service, namely pollination. Due to the worldwide decline of bees, there should be …

1 Pollination is a key ecosystem service. Although bees are the most important pollinators,
they are endangered by intensive agricultural practices. The present study investigated the …

The benefits of low input farming on biodiversity and ecosystem services are already well-
established, however most of these studies focus only on the focal field scales. We aimed to …

For adequate conservation planning, ecologists need to understand the driving factors of the
species richness and composition patterns of arthropod assemblages. The present study …